Middle East Economic Survey
VOL. XLVII
No 39
27-September-2004
TELECOMS
OPEC Fund Providing Loan To Syrias Second GSM Provider
The OPEC Fund for International Development announced on 22 September that it was providing a $10mn loan to SpaceTel Syria, the second GSM provider in the country. Formed in 2001, SpaceTel was awarded a 15-year mobile license on a build-operate-transfer (BOT) basis. The funds loan will assist the company in expanding network capacity to meet the countrys growing mobile...
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